PDF Print Issue

Hello ALL,
I'm stuck on an Issue w/ PDF printing for columns which has '&' (ampersands) in the data. I'm trying to escape the Ampersands in the SQL Query using the APEX_UTIL. URL_ENCODE, but the report doesn't show-up right.
I initially tried the replace with '%26amp;' , the PDF export works, but the IR report is messed-up. Can any of you guys shed some light on this ?
Thanks
Prashanth

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